Improvement in fare-boxes



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Fare-Box.

No. 214,341. Patented Apr-i115, 1879.

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CHARLES T. YERKES, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214, 3411, dated April15, 1879; application iiled December 5, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. YERKEs, J r., ofthe city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Fare-Boxes for Street Passenger-Gars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is of that class of fare-boxes which are permanentlyattached to a car, and is as follows: The trip-board for passing thefare into the drawer is combined with certain devices, fully describedhereinafter, which prevent the extraction of the fare from the drawerupward when the trip is lifted, or when it is in its closed position,and a series of hollow angular strips arranged in an inclined planewould prevent the extraction of the fare from the reception-chamberabove the drawer by means of a wire or other device inserted in thechute.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved fare-box. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section at the broken line :v of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a faceview of the board L. Fig. 5 is an end view of the same. Fig. 6, SheetNo. 2, is a vertical section at the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a likesection at the line z z of Figs. 2 and 6. Fig. 8, Sheet No. No. 3, is afront elevation of the fare-box, having the lamp-case P and chimney S inconnection therewith. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section at the line q q ofFig. 8. Fig. 10 is aside elevation of the case, with the slide R partlyelevated.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the saine parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the exterior or shell of myimproved fare-box, which is intended to be attached to one end of a car.It is provided with a drawer, B, at its lower end, as a receptacle forthe fare, which is first received upon the trip-plate C. D is a curvedvertical passage for the fare, which is dropped into the funnel-shapedmouth a., that commences at the open horizontal frame or board b. Thepassage D is formed by means of two metallic plates, E and E. (Seenclearly in Fig. 6.) When the fare is dropped into the mouth of saidpassage it proceeds in its downward course until it is discharged intothe chamber G, through which it falls onto the trip-board C. Thetrip-board is hung by means of the pivots d d, which have bearings inopposite sides of the fare-box, as seen in Fig. 6. It is provided at oneedge with the counterweight e, which keeps its opposite edge against thestops f j' at opposite sides of the box until the conductor or driver,as the case may be, wishes to discharge the fare into the drawer B,which he accomplishes by giving a quick pull to the spring-slide H, thecurve g of the slide, as the latter is drawn outward by pressing againstthe angle h of the counter-weight, throwing the rear edge of thetrip-board upward and its front edge downward, whereby the fare isdischarged into the drawer 5 and when the conductor releases his handfrom its connection with the slide, the spring I forces the latter backto its former position. (Seen in the drawings.)

To further prevent the extraction of the fare upward from the drawer,there is a curved plate, J, of such curvature as to admit of thetrip-plate clearing it in its movements over it. The pins c t' inopposite sides of the box arrest the edge of the plate in its upwardmovement, to prevent it being thrown farther up than into the positionshown by dotted lines. The movement of the slide only raises the platepartly up; but the momentum given it by the quick pull ofthe slide Hforces it the remainder of the way, until it assumes the position shownby dotted lines, whereby the fare is with certainty discharged into thedrawer B. The trip-board is then instantly returned to its horizontalposition by the action of the weight c upon the slide H, so as toprevent the possibility of the fare being removed upward from the drawerB. By this means it is rendered impossible for a person operating fromthe outside to hold the trip-board up far enough to extract the ticketsfrom the drawer. It will clearly appear that the direction of thepassage makes it difficult to extract the fare by means of a wire orother device; but to make it more difficult, I connect the angularhollow strips K at their ends with the front and rear sides of thefare-box, so that if the fare should be drawn upward it will be caughtby the edges of the strips; or it' any fare should be drawn past thestrips it will, in its upward movement, press against the hinged plateI", which is connected to the lower end ot' the plate E, and force itsfree edge upward against the opposite plate, E', and thus close thepassage D. The use of this trap-plate, it will be seen, completelyprevents the possibility of the fare being extracted through the passageD it' the other means should fail. The upward position of the trap-plateis shown by dotted lilies in Fig. 6.

Instead of the angular hollow strips K for arresting the extraction ofthe fare, the plate L (seen in Figs. 4 and 5) may be used, the platebeing provided with hooks j, so arranged as to prevent the upwardpassage of the fare without its being caught.

The panes of glass M and Ml in the front of the fare-box and the rail Nintermediate between the panes are inserted in vertical grooves katopposite sides ot' the box, and the panes M2 and M3 and the intermediaterail N1 are inserted in grooves at its rear side in the same manner, therails heilig rabetted on their ends to t the grooves. The rear panes andrail are made fast in their places; but. in order to prepare foropeningthe front ofthe box for cleaning its inside, the front grooves arecontinued down to the bottom of the box, and the rail N2, to which thedoor is hinged, is projected outward in front ot' the grooves, so thatwhen the door is opened the panes M and Ml and the rail N may be pusheddown, and thus open the front of the box enough for cleaning the inside.1n order to remove these parts entirely from the, box, to give betteropportunity for cleaning it, I contemplate extending the grooves k clearthrough the bottom of the box.

For the purpose of throwing light upon the fare when on the trip-boardC, I combine with one side ot' the fare-box the case P, which isprovided with a lamp, Q, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10, there being a glasspane, M4, in said side ot' the box, through which the light passes fromthe lamp. The ease I is provided with a sliding door, R, which is partlyraised in Fig. l0. The edges of the door are held by and slide in ways ll. The case P is detachable, for the purpose of' removing it forcleaning in the day-time. For this purpose it has tianges m m on itsends, which tit the horizontal ways n n on the side of the box A, sothat by sliding the case on its Ways it is easily removed from the boxfor cleaning, and replaced when cleaned in its position before the carstarts on its first night-trip.

The case l is provided with a chimney, S, for the passage ot the smokefrom the lamp. The upper end of the chimney is passed through an openingin the roof of the car. The lower end has bayonet-joint connection withthe cap q ot" the case P, to provide for detaching it from the case andconnecting it therewith when the case is placed in position.

1 claim as my invention- The trip-plate C, provided with acounterweight, e, having an incline, h, in combination with thespring-slide H, having a curved bearing, g, substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

2. The series of hollow angular ribs K, arranged in an inclined plane,connected at their ends with the box A, in combination with the chuteI), to prevent the extraction ofthe fare through the chute,substantially as set forth.

CHAs. T. YERKES, JR.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN UsTICK, Gmo. H. HILL.

